honestntrue

A disappointing day to those of us who have lost the radio station that belonged to listeners who graduated high school in the late 80's and college in the early 90's. You guys were great - the soccer moms and dads now have to look somewhere else for their music

This is yet another ridiculous idea from the Patrick Administration, more ogvernment workers with higher benefit and retirement costs, ignoring the obvious conflict of interests that multiple defendants represented by the same entity would have. I see the lips moving, and nothing of intelligible is being said.

I think retiredalas should use his knowledge and new found time to write true life versions about the nonsense that happens in the courthouse everyday. You would make a fortune, and people would find the truth stranger than fiction

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Steve I have to hand it to you, you are a piece of work. They say a sinking ship fires all guns, but you have hit a new low. The only bar with which your reputation will still be intact is the Fort, as the courthouse will now be a place you used to visit. Just hope you don't get indicted soon.

Lastry10, Goodhines and Mastroianni both used a sharpie to "black" out their families' social secutiry numbers and dates of birth. Stop with the race card already - these two attorneys have handled hundreds of cases with our entire community, not just the "lily-white" people you seem to hate so much. Why don't you ask someone who has dealt with them if they treat people of different races differently? If you do, you will find that they have earned respect throughout the WHOLE community

The only loser here is Hampden County if this clown becomes DA. He has lied his way through the campaign, and when caught, he says they are smearing me. Steve promised what he alone can deliver, but when he does, it exposes him for the weasel that he really is. Kudos to Kogut and Goodhines for calling a spade a spade.

whodat - if you would bother to ask around you would find out that ALL of the Democrats in Longmeadow who are paying attention are supporting Mastroianni - simply put the smart choice is the qualified candidate not the politician without a single skill to handle such and important job to our county. So do some work and ask someone besides Driscoll in E.L. who the people really want to see keeping our county safe. Mastroianni is the ONLY choice for DA

Where is the strory for the Springfield Police Department's Endorsement on this "politics" page? We are missing the endorsement stories from Buoniconti's own PD West Springfield, and the Springfield PD, roughly 10 times the size of the EL police department's IBPO. This should tell you about the relative lack of support for the senator, who voted against the Quinn Bill funding, for the flag men, and against the police officer's rights to collectively bargain for their health insurance. I am sure Driscoll didn't tell his PD that before he told them they needed to support him if they wanted their COLA in the union contracts this year.

Very disappointing, considering the E.L. cops don't realize that the hack has never prosecuted a East Longmeadow case. The misguided E.L. fellows don't know how little Buoniconti knows about the job. Call it what it is - Driscoll, Delisle and Connor convincing locals that voting democrat is better than voting for the best man for the job. Mastroianni will get all of Joe Townsend's folks for this reason alone

Spelman has no credibility any more. He spent his entire campaign talking about the qualities necessary to be a leader and attacking the least qualified candidate. His closing arugments in the debates focused on Buoniconti's lack of qualifications for the job, and now has sold out when Mastroianni wouldn't guarantee him as salary. Politics as usual, Spelman is not the man he pretends to be. It is called intellectual dishonesty. Mastroianni has most of Spelman's supporters already. Mark is better off without this disingenuous fella anyway

Spelman has no credibility any more. He spent his entire campaign talking about the qualities necessary to be a leader and attacking the least qualified candidate. His closing arugments in the debates focused on Buoniconti's lack of qualifications for the job, and now has sold out when Mastroianni wouldn't guarantee him as salary. Politics as usual, Spelman is not the man he pretends to be. It is called intellectual dishonesty. Mastroianni has most of Spelman's supporters already. Mark is better off without this disingenuous fella anyway

After years of frustration with your politics, your job, your home and your life - you should do yourself and others in Longmeadow a favor and move out of town if you hate it so much. Why don't you try Monson or Palmer, some place closer to where you work? Jim Goodhines has represented the choice between a dedicated, experienced professional and a politician "looking for another job". This message was was clear to the people who live in town, and that's why they voted overwhelmingly for him. Anyone who knows Jim and spent more than 5 minutes with him voted for him. As is common, money bought this primary. Jim got more votes per dollar spent than the other candidates, which is the problem with having too few dollars. He worked all summer without pay, (something I dare say you would never do) in an effort to do the right thing. Noble if nothing else.

You show yourself as a bitter man; someone with neither the initiative to do positive things for others nor possessing any creative ideas for change of your own. Anyone can stand on the sidelines and heckle others for trying to make a difference, but it takes courage to do the right things, even if you fail. Jim Goodhines did the right thing, both by beating Marie Mazza out of the Clerk of Courts, and by taking on a hack politician who is trying to buy his way into the DA's office. Either way you look at that, he did the right thing, for which he deserves your thanks not your demeaning rhetoric. It's clear you have no idea who Jim is, which has been your problem from the start.

I have watched and listened to each of the debates over the last several weeks. Considering all of the candidates, I think that two are the most viable and prepared to be the next DA. Buoniconti is clearly outmatched in every category relevant to being the DA, simply using catch phrases and agreeing with others ideas to try and get by. Mike Kogut doesn't have an original thought for the office, but continues to stick with the sour grapes of 20 years ago. Neither of these two men has prosecuted a case this century, a clear sign that they don't understand the county's problems. Steve Spelman seems a little too aloof to connect with the voters in this county. The war drum fear mongering attack may convince republicans this race is about fear, but the rest of us democrats believe something different.
Vottero and Goodhines are the most qualified, but I believe that Jim Goodhines is the best candidate for the job. His career commitment to Hampden County as a prosecutor says a lot to me. I really like that he supports the police, who work with him everyday to fight crime. He is the only one who has the endorsement from a police union. He has creative ideas, and experience in all matters in the office. His self deprecation and no nonsense approach is the best message by far. Vottero seems too full of himself and never once stopped talking about murder cases. There is much more to being an effective DA than that. I am confident that Jim Goodhines will make the BESt DA of the bunch. He has my VOTE!

For the record, Goodhines has tried and won more cases than Vottero and Spelman. Goodhines has been a Supervisor over the busy court in the Commonwealth per capita, and done it with a skelton staff. I know Jim Goodhines, and he is the most dedicated, hardest working prosecutor in the office. Kogut Buoniconti and Mastroianni have prosecuted in more than a decade, but unlike any of the others Goodhines has never left for greener pastures and more money. Goodhines is the best candidate for the job.

If you want to look into claims made at these debates, how about the blatant lies told by Buoniconti that he was the "Chief Prosecutor" in Chicopee and Palmer. I have worked at the courthouse and know many of the defense attorneys and prosecutors. This statement is a complete lie and the media is doing nothing about it. How can this guy continue to get a free pass from the local papers? The lawyers have all told me to a person that guy was never the Chief of ANY court in Hampden County. How do you explain that away? Or why don't we hear any discussion about the fact that neither Kogut or Buoniconti has handled a CRIMINAL SUPERIOR COURT CASE in their careers? Typical politicians lying or saying anything they can to try and get elected. More of the same old b.s. If you ask me there is no need for these politicians in the DA's office.

Whodat is again showing that he is unaware of the Hampden County District Attorney's office or what they do. I attended last night's event, and what was clear from the debate that is not covered in the story is that Goodhines has handled the number of cases he has described. I talked to 2 ADA's and 2 others in the audience that work in the office and they agree that he has done the most cases in the office. Voterro suggested that the number dealt wth total number of cases in his career, and Goodhines repeated that the time frame was over the last 11 years as a prosecutor.

It was also clear that he was the strongest in the debate, having been attacked by all of the other candidates and responded strongly to every attack. JTM and Whodat also seem to hate the same Goodhines' supporters, which makes me think that they are one in the same person, a trick JTM has used on more than one occasion. Goodhines is an experience leader, and deserves our support for DA.